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J. BENDER.

RAILROAD RAIL JOINT.

Patented Dec. 9, 1884.

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JOHN FENDER, OF DEUNQUAT, OHIO.

RAILROAD RAlL JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,123 dated December9, 188%.

- Applicaiion filed May 23, 188-1. (No nirdel.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN Bnn'nnn, a citizen of the United States,residingat Deunquat, in the county of VJyandot and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in RailroadRail Joints; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a transverse sec tional view of my device,taken on the line m x of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is aside view of the same. Fig.3 is a bottom view. Fig. 4 is a perspec tive view, and Figs. 5, (i, and7 are perspective detail views.

The object of this invention is to provide a coupling or fasteningwhereby the ends of railway-rails may be secured in relative positionwithout fastening them by means of bolts.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofparts, as hereinafter set fort-h, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the ends of therails. At each end the rail is cut away on top through the head, so thatthe web and foot project, as shown at 0 represents the end of the head,and D the shoulder of the web. When the ties to which the coupling is tobe secured are of soft tiniber, the said ends are rabbeted underneath,as indicated at F.

G represents the cap, having a head portion, H, and side walls, K, whichextend downward therefrom on each side of an interval, L, of sufficientsize to receive the rabbeted ends B of the rails and allow a little playendwisc.

The lower ends of the side walls are turned outward to form feet, asindicated at on, which are provided with apertures a for the passage ofthe spikes, whereby the cap-piece is to be secured to the tie. Sometimesa transverse stay is formed between the side walls of the cap-piece. Inthe feet of the cap-piece are made the rectangular notches or seats I),to re ceive the ends of the base-plate 2, which extends transverselyunder the rail ends, the edges of said plate fitting into the rabbets Fof said ends. The outer ends or this trans verse plate project throughthe notches b, and are provided with upwardly-turned flanges c, whichengage the sides of the cap-piece. When this plate is used, itis notnecessary to form a transverse stay in the cap-piece.

XV hen oalc ties are used, the cap-piece may be made without thenotches, and the lower plate may be made larger than the cap-piece, andmay have side notches and flange projections, whereby it engages or islocked to the feet of the cap-piece.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

The combination of the end-rabbeted rails having the web shoulders, asshown, and the under rabbets, the headed cap-piece having side walls andits feet provided with the vertical notches and perforations, and thetransverse base-plate having end flanges to engage the notches in thefeet of the said cap-piece, whereby the whole may be secured togetherwithout the use of bolts, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN BENDER.

Witnesses:

\V. O. HARPER, \VILBER BROWN.

